Every Mazda Tested for 2017 Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Rating
2017年7月12日 - 04:11PM
JCN Newswire (英)
Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that all
U.S.-specification 2017 Mazda models tested by the U.S. Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), including the all-new Mazda
CX-5, have been awarded the nonprofit organization's highest safety
rating, Top Safety Pick+, when equipped with optional front crash
prevention and adaptive LED headlights.
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2017 Top Safety Pick+
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All-new Mazda CX-5 (U.S. specification)
IIHS evaluates crashworthiness with five tests: moderate and small
overlap frontal crashes, a side crash, a roof strength test and a
head restraint and seat test that simulates a rear impact. In
addition, headlight performance and frontal crash prevention by
means of auto-braking and forward collision warning systems are
evaluated.
Mazda models tested for 2017 were the Mazda CX-9, Mazda CX-3,
Mazda3, Mazda6 and most recently, the all-new Mazda CX-5. Each
received the Institute's highest Top Safety Pick+ rating when
equipped with optional front crash prevention and adaptive LED
headlights.
According to IIHS, Mazda is the only automaker out of 16 OEMs to
receive Top Safety Pick+ ratings for all 2017 models tested so far
this year. The results were possible because all models performed
well in the newly added headlight performance category, as well as
existing crashworthiness evaluation categories.
Mazda's overarching safety philosophy, Mazda Proactive Safety, is
grounded in understanding, respecting and believing in the
abilities of the human driver. Based on this concept, and in the
belief that enabling the driver to correctly recognize hazards,
make judgments and operate the vehicle is essential for safety and
peace of mind, the company revised its designs from a vehicle-total
perspective. As a result, all new-generation models share a number
of features that have proven popular with a wide range of
customers. These include a natural driving position and pedal
layout that makes driving easier and less tiring, forward
visibility that makes it easier to spot hazards at intersections,
and responsive and predicable handling in any driving
situation.
In addition, the i-ACTIVSENSE range of advanced safety features
takes a human-centered approach to helping the driver recognize
hazards in many of the driving situations they encounter on a daily
basis. These technologies include auto-braking to prevent or
mitigate collisions and adaptive headlights that enhance visibility
at night by automatically adjusting the area and range of
illumination - technologies proven to offer good preventative
safety performance in the latest round of testing by IIHS. The
SKYACTIV-Body, part of the SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY range, is
lightweight for fun driving, yet provides excellent collision
safety performance, as IIHS test results show. In developing it,
Mazda engineers returned to the first principles of body design and
reviewed structures, materials and construction methods in pursuit
of the ultimate vehicle body.
Mazda aims to enrich people's lives with cars that are fun to drive
and offer outstanding environmental and safety performance, and
thereby become a brand with which customers feel a strong emotional
connection. The company will continue research into and development
of safety technologies that put people first.
For more information visit the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway
Safety's website: http://www.iihs.org/.
About Mazda
Mazda Motor Corporation (TSE:7261) started manufacturing tools in
1929 and soon branched out into production of trucks for commercial
use. In the early 1960s, Mazda launched its first passenger car
models and began developing rotary engines. Still headquartered in
Hiroshima in western Japan, Mazda today ranks as one of Japan's
leading automakers, and exports cars to the United States and
Europe for over 30 years. For more information, please visit
www.mazda.com
Source: Mazda
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